just got my brand new developer edition moto x. successfully unlocked the bootloader, successfully installed TWRP recovery, successfully installed SuperSU, rebooted the phone and stupidly tried to update the software through the phone's system software update, got stuck in a reboot loop, and then attempted to flash a ROM. realized i bricked it. now i can't sideload a ROM and every time i try, i reboot to recovery, use the adb sideload, it looks like it's loading, phone says successful, asks if i want to reboot and then tells me that there is no OS.
i am brand new to this, and i've clearly effed it up, but really not sure how to fix it.
i attempted to follow the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/guide-moto-x-return-to-100-stock-using-t2446515 but using the step two method but got to fastboot flash partition gpt.bin and got an error in terminal (i'm on a mac)
i would be most grateful for any help at all. i'm really stuck.
thanks in advance.
First... Boot the phone into Fastboot/Bootloader mode.
What is the version listed on the second line?
Next, you'll want to flash the rom that matches that bootloader version using a slight variation of Option 2 on that link... For example, if the bootloader on your phone is 30.B4 then fash the stock 4.4.2 SBF, if 30.B7 flash 4.4.4.
Start the steps with....
mfastboot getvar max-download-size
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
then use the rest of those commands AS they are written. yes, you'll be repeating the flashing of GPT.Bin and Motoboot.img, and that is intentional!
When you get back to stock, I suggest you take a few minutes/hours to read and familiarize yourself with what has been written.. Like don't take an OTA unless you have the STOCK recovery. If you have a 3rd party recovery and take an OTA you'll be stuck in a boot loop (to get out, boot the phone in fastboot and from the PC.. fastboot erase cache followed by fastboot reboot will stop the loop, then you can flash stock recovery back on there to take the OTA. Never DOWNGRADE the rom on your phone once you have 4.4.2 and up or you will brick, etc.
I did a factory reset from within the settings of the phone, it shows the erasing android and then flickers with and image of an android with triangle. Does this several times and then just stops on the android with red triangle. I can get into stock recovery, tried resetting from there but same thing happens. Also, if I just leave the phone it reboots and then tries to erase and then I get the same loop of it trying and failing.
Any ideas how to fix this? Phone is on the stock 5.0 rom and I have the pure edition.
Thanks
Raistlin1 said:
I did a factory reset from within the settings of the phone, it shows the erasing android and then flickers with and image of an android with triangle. Does this several times and then just stops on the android with red triangle. I can get into stock recovery, tried resetting from there but same thing happens. Also, if I just leave the phone it reboots and then tries to erase and then I get the same loop of it trying and failing.
Any ideas how to fix this? Phone is on the stock 5.0 rom and I have the pure edition.
Thanks
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I would get into bootloader mode and reflash the system.img.
JulesJam said:
I would get into bootloader mode and reflash the system.img.
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I am having a hard time trying to flash system.img. I found the system.img for my rom version and tried using ms fast boot v2 but it just hangs in the command window. I have installed the moto drivers and computer recognizes phone when it's in fast boot mode.
I even tried using someone's toolkit to return completely stock u rooted 4.4 but that doesn't work either.
Been reading tons of threads on here but can't seem to get it to flash.
Raistlin1 said:
I am having a hard time trying to flash system.img. I found the system.img for my rom version and tried using ms fast boot v2 but it just hangs in the command window. I have installed the moto drivers and computer recognizes phone when it's in fast boot mode.
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Are you flashing a single file system.img or sparsechunks? Do you have mfastboot version 2?
Also, you can install Motorola Device Manager on your computer and when your phone is connected in fastboot mode, run MDM and see if it detects it.
JulesJam said:
Are you flashing a single file system.img or sparsechunks? Do you have mfastboot version 2?
Also, you can install Motorola Device Manager on your computer and when your phone is connected in fastboot mode, run MDM and see if it detects it.
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System img is a single file, I also have a zip that has sparse chunks but haven't tried them. I am pretty sure I downloaded version 2 of mfastboot.
MDM saw my phone and said it had the most recent version.
Raistlin1 said:
System img is a single file, I also have a zip that has sparse chunks but haven't tried them. I am pretty sure I downloaded version 2 of mfastboot.
MDM saw my phone and said it had the most recent version.
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I would try flashing the sparsechunks if you can't flash the single file image.
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I would try flashing the sparsechunks if you can't flash the single file image.
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Tried them using fastboot and only the first sparsechunk worked, they rest gave some error about bootloader.
I then tried in the mfastboot folder I created and it just hangs saying waiting for device, that's why I tried using fastboot.
I am really screwing myself, now while in bootloader and I try to boot or recovery I get failed to validate. Never had these problems flashing my N5, oh well.
Raistlin1 said:
Tried them using fastboot and only the first sparsechunk worked, they rest gave some error about bootloader.
I then tried in the mfastboot folder I created and it just hangs saying waiting for device, that's why I tried using fastboot.
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How large is your mfastboot? It should be 521KB. If it is smaller than that, you don't have the right one.
What was the bootloader error?
Also now that you have flashed 1 sparsechunk, try MDM again.
You also can try flashing the 4.4.4 system.img if you can find it and then run MDM again b/c it will try to update you.
JulesJam said:
How large is your mfastboot? It should be 521KB. If it is smaller than that, you don't have the right one.
What was the bootloader error?
Also now that you have flashed 1 sparsechunk, try MDM again.
You also can try flashing the 4.4.4 system.img if you can find it and then run MDM again b/c it will try to update you.
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I am getting bootloader failed to erase partition, failed remote failure.
MDM says phone is on latest version. mfastboot is the size you stated.
Raistlin1 said:
I am getting bootloader failed to erase partition, failed remote failure.
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This happened to others. One guy had an unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed as recovery and was able to format the data partition through TWRP and that solved the problem for him:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/help/xt1095-fastboot-flash-img-failed-t3098727
Can you get into recovery from the bootloader mode? I would get into recovery and wipe cache and then do a wipe data/factory reset and see what happens.
JulesJam said:
This happened to others. One guy had an unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed as recovery and was able to format the data partition through TWRP and that solved the problem for him:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/help/xt1095-fastboot-flash-img-failed-t3098727
Can you get into recovery from the bootloader mode? I would get into recovery and wipe cache and then do a wipe data/factory reset and see what happens.
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I will check out that thread, thanks. I cannot get into recovery from bootloader because it reboots into the erasing android which fails and then I get android with triangle and then I can get into recovery. But wiping cache and factory resetting from there does nothing, it reboots into the erasing android and then it fails to erase again.
Raistlin1 said:
I will check out that thread, thanks. I cannot get into recovery from bootloader because it reboots into the erasing android which fails and then I get android with triangle and then I can get into recovery. But wiping cache and factory resetting from there does nothing, it reboots into the erasing android and then it fails to erase again.
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Can you reflash stock recovery?
Your bootloader is locked correct?
JulesJam said:
Can you reflash stock recovery?
Your bootloader is locked correct?
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Reflashing recovery fails like systemail and my bootloader was unlocked prior to all of this happening.
Any way I can flash TWRP in the state I am in?
Raistlin1 said:
Reflashing recovery fails like systemail and my bootloader was unlocked prior to all of this happening.
Any way I can flash TWRP in the state I am in?
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I would certainly try it.
Also, when you are in recovery and type adb devices, does it recognize your device?
JulesJam said:
I would certainly try it.
Also, when you are in recovery and type adb devices, does it recognize your device?
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I am spent, going to bed and will pick up again tomorrow. Thanks for helping out.
JulesJam said:
I would certainly try it.
Also, when you are in recovery and type adb devices, does it recognize your device?
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Tried fastboot boot twrp.img but it won't boot, then tried flashing using fastboot and mfastboot but twrp won't install. Nothing will finish installing, tried flashing everything I can but it keeps failing.
Got the 4.4 image and started with flash partition gpt.bin but got bootloader failed to write primary GPT, bootloader failed to progra partition table, failed remote failure.
On phone I see incomplete boot image for booting, mismatched partition size (recovery). MDM sees my phone and says it is on the current version but I cannot get out of this factory erase looping. Nothing is flashing successfully, I remember seeing something about RSD Lite, will that help me in any way?
Thanks
Raistlin1 said:
Tried fastboot boot twrp.img but it won't boot, then tried flashing using fastboot and mfastboot but twrp won't install. Nothing will finish installing, tried flashing everything I can but it keeps failing.
Got the 4.4 image and started with flash partition gpt.bin but got bootloader failed to write primary GPT, bootloader failed to progra partition table, failed remote failure.
On phone I see incomplete boot image for booting, mismatched partition size (recovery). MDM sees my phone and says it is on the current version but I cannot get out of this factory erase looping. Nothing is flashing successfully, I remember seeing something about RSD Lite, will that help me in any way?
Thanks
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RSDLite will just use mfastboot to flash. You definitely CANNOT downgrade the partition table - it would leave you with a bootloader partition table version mismatch. So don't attempt that.
You are on the 5.0 bootloader (60.11) correct? If so, did you try flashing the 5.0 partition table (gpt.bin)?
Is your device recognized when you are in recovery and you type in the commad:
adb devices
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RSDLite will just use mfastboot to flash. You definitely CANNOT downgrade the partition table - it would leave you with a bootloader partition table version mismatch. So don't attempt that.
You are on the 5.0 bootloader (60.11) correct? If so, did you try flashing the 5.0 partition table (gpt.bin)?
Is your device recognized when you are in recovery and you type in the commad:
adb devices
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As of now I can only get into fastboot mode, I don't believe the phone can even cycle through trying to boot any more. I tried rebooting from fastboot mode but there was an error and it failed.
I tried finding the exact image for 5.0 but I was only able to find the thread that had system, recovery and boot. Do you know a link to find the 5.0 partition table?
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I tried finding the exact image for 5.0 but I was only able to find the thread that had system, recovery and boot. Do you know a link to find the 5.0 partition table?
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http://www.graffixnyc.com/motox.php
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http://www.graffixnyc.com/motox.php
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Downloaded the 5.0 file from there, started flashing those files and it worked up until recovery, then I got the same bootloader message I was getting previously. Tried them over again and they all failed.
When in recovery adb devices starts the daemon and then says list of devices attached but I don't see anything after that.
I think it is fubar`d, going to have to file a warrant claim or use the moto care I purchased.
Soft bricked when trying to flash stock 5.1 back from CM13. Somehow managed to wipe the entire phone and now all I have access to are fastboot and TWRP recovery. I have no ROM ZIPs to access in TWRP since internal storage was wiped. I tried ADB sideload but says it can't mount /data/. My computer recognises the phone as a fastboot device but not as an ADB device.
Is there any coming back from this?
I've downloaded the retail GB stock image file for XT1052 but I can't flash the partition as I just get error 'update gpt_main version failed' 'preflash validation failed for GPT'
Flash stock via mfastboot.
Try this link http://mark.cdmaforums.com/MotoX-ReturnToStock.html.
Proceed to option 5.
Sent from my XT1060 Dev Ed
varunpilankar said:
Flash stock via mfastboot.
Try this link http://mark.cdmaforums.com/MotoX-ReturnToStock.html.
Proceed to option 5.
Sent from my XT1060 Dev Ed
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I've downloaded the RetGB for 5.1 for XT1052 from here: https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto X (1st gen-2013)/Stock/XT1052/
But it seems to be missing a number of key files that are described in option 5 of the link you posted. Am I missing something? I'm also still getting errors each time I try to flash the partition except now CMD is just showing:
"target max-download-size: 768MB error: cannot load 'gpt.bin': no error. Any ideas? Thanks.
My only other thought at this point is to try and flash a ROM in recovery using USB-OTG. Could that work? For example, if I download stock ROM or even the CM 14 I had on previously before everything got wiped and put that on an external drive and flashed in TWRP?
varunpilankar said:
Flash stock via mfastboot.
Try this link http://mark.cdmaforums.com/MotoX-ReturnToStock.html.
Proceed to option 5.
Sent from my XT1060 Dev Ed
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I just moved cmd.exe into my platform tools folder where everything else is and tried again to flash the partition. Instead this time I get:
C:\Android-SDK\platform-tools>mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.335s]
writing 'partition'...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.328s
And then on the phone itself in the fastboot screen it shows:
"downgraded security version. update gpt_main version failed. preflash verification failed for GPT'. I thought this would mean the bootloader I'm trying to flash would represent a downgrade but I checked against the info.txt file in the recovery image zip and it says 30.BE which matches the 30.BE in my fastboot screen...
OK I've now got an OS. Managed to reinstall CM14 using usb-otg. Figured that was the safest bet given it was the last OS installed.
Problem I now have is that I can't get any service (I could previously on CM14 before all this happened). Is it possible that when I managed to completely wipe the phone that I would the relevant modem/radio files?
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Try downloading stock file from
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/recovery-images
fastboot method is mentioned in the above link.
Replace fastboot by mfastboot with all its necessary components in place.
Sent from my XT1060 Dev Ed
varunpilankar said:
Try downloading stock file from
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/recovery-images
fastboot method is mentioned in the above link.
Replace fastboot by mfastboot with all its necessary components in place.
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That doesn't have my version - xt1052.
Would this be to return my mobile service? I've got back on CM14 but all my IMEI and sim data has wiped so I can't get service. Not sure if I need to use the 5.1 factory image I have and just flash modem files. Seen elsewhere that I could try
Fastboot flash modem NON-hlos.bin
Fastboot erase modemst1
Fastboot erase modemst2
Fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
Would that do the trick do you reckon?
Take a nandroid backup & try doing it!
There is also a 5.1 stock zip Rom & try that too, might be helpful.
Sent from my XT1060 Dev Ed
Hi,
You'll eventually find your way back to 5.1 or even 4.4.4. I've broken just about every rule while I was doing some dev work on a moto x 2013 and from a beta of cm14, managed to pretty quickly get all the way back to 4.4.4 (which for me, is by far the best for a) battery and b) motion detection and c) everything works).
There was nothing after 5.1 for 2013, so there's no way you couldn't at least go back to 5.1, but there's always one way that works for you better than the rest. If that last thing didn't work, then try "liveroy's" way as in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/guide-faq-how-to-downgrade-5-1-to-4-4-4-t3182118 .. That way was actually based on an xt1052. I doubt if the radio files are going to make much difference heading in that direction, but are worth a shot before doing this.
I followed the first post in there and was un-"bricked" in ~20 minutes or so. Cheers // good luck,
hachamacha said:
Hi,
You'll eventually find your way back to 5.1 or even 4.4.4. I've broken just about every rule while I was doing some dev work on a moto x 2013 and from a beta of cm14, managed to pretty quickly get all the way back to 4.4.4 (which for me, is by far the best for a) battery and b) motion detection and c) everything works).
There was nothing after 5.1 for 2013, so there's no way you couldn't at least go back to 5.1, but there's always one way that works for you better than the rest. If that last thing didn't work, then try "liveroy's" way as in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/guide-faq-how-to-downgrade-5-1-to-4-4-4-t3182118 .. That way was actually based on an xt1052. I doubt if the radio files are going to make much difference heading in that direction, but are worth a shot before doing this.
I followed the first post in there and was un-"bricked" in ~20 minutes or so. Cheers // good luck,
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Thanks. Will give that a look as I would like to know how to easily go back to stock in the event of catastrophe - I've been trying to flash back using both fastboot and TWRP but it fails every time due to 'downgrade security' etc. even though I know I'm using the same bootloader as in the stock ROM.
I managed to get my IMEI and service back by flashing
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
I've now got Resurrection Remix on as I thought I'd see if that would fix my service issues (it didn't - so still had to do the steps above). But have managed to learn a lot over the past few days to bring my phone back from death! I'm mainly used to Sony phones so this has been an experience.
Hi guys,
I am planning to return to Stock 5.1 on my phone, after running CM 13.
So I upgraded from 4.4 to 5.1 my manually flashing the zip in recover.(XT1053_GHOST_TMO-RETAIL_5.1_LPA23.12-15.5_cid9_CFC.xml.zip would be the file from https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto X (1st gen-2013)/Stock/XT1053 T-Mobile/)
From there I moved on to CM 12 and then CM 13.
Device version is XT1053.
Been facing issues with bluetooth devices and planning to get back to stock 5.1
So I tried manually(mfastboot) flashing components (boot, recovery and system). Boot and recovery went fine, but system gave me(similar) error.
load_file: could not allocate 829072920 bytes
error: cannot load 'system.img': Not enough space
Referred to this tutorial, http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/guide-moto-x-return-to-100-stock-using-t2446515
and tried the manually method wherein I ran these 2 commands :
fastboot oem fb_mode_set
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
Threw some error(forgot to note them down) :|
Anyway, nothing work post that.
Tried rebooting, got the "no command" screen.
Eventually flashed TWRP and installed CM13 again from zip and got the phone booted up.
Running fine, but still can't to get back to stock!
Tried RSDLite method from the tutorial above, but RSD doesn't detect my phone on connecting.
adb devices command does list the phone.
Can someone please point me in the right direction ?
btw, noticed something weird after failed partition flash.
Whenever I mfastboot recovery/boot it throws an error unknown command 'recovery' (or boot), but flashes fine.
Is this normal ?
Regards,
Neel Indap
Hi there,
a friend asked me for help with restoring his german Moto G 2014 (XT1068). The last working software on the device was the Marshmallow update. He was having software issues and softbricked the device when trying to install a custom ROM.
Fastboot mode and stock recovery is accesible, the bootloader is unlocked and the device is stuck on the "WARNING: BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED" screen when trying to boot normally.
I have tried following this guide to revert the phone back to stock firmware with a matching system image. Both the XT1068_TITAN_RETDE_6.0_MPB24.65-34-3_cid7_CFC and XT1068_TITAN_RETAILDSDS_6.0_MPB24.65-34-3_cid7_CFC images will flash without any error messages. However, the device does not boot the new software. Also, when trying to relock the bootloader, the mfastboot oem lock command failes with the error message Not supported command in current status!. I tried to substitute mfastboot with fastboot, changed USB cables and downloaded new copies the images, with no success.
Digging deeper, I found out that I could not wipe cache or data using the stock recovery. This will fail with the error message blkdiscard on partition /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache failed. Further troubleshooting attempts lead me to try twrp custom recovery software (Version 3.1.1) which I could only start using the mfastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-0-titan.img command since flashing the image as custom recovery will not fail but the phone instantly and silently reverts to stock recovery - even when not rebooting inbetween. Consequently, any attempts to flash an image using the software will fail with E1001: Failed to update system image.
At this point, I have no idea what else I could try. That's why I turn to you, great community of XDA .
Any help would be greatly appreciated.